2024 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
4Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
229Consumer Science Degrees Awarded
$27,753Avg Early-Career Salary
General Family & Consumer Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #168 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 229 degrees in general family & consumer sciences to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Family & Consumer Sciences School
The consumer science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Family & Consumer Sciences rankings. For our Best Overall General Family & Consumer Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Family & Consumer Sciences Degree Level
The consumer science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.
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Best Schools for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the consumer science degree levels they offer.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Consumer Science
Montana State University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in general family & consumer sciences. MSU Bozeman is a large public university located in the town of Bozeman. This university ranks 1st out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Montana.
There were approximately 176 general family & consumer sciences students who graduated with this degree at MSU Bozeman in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the consumer science program report average early career earnings of $28,081.
Every student who is interested in general family & consumer sciences needs to look into Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 14 general family & consumer sciences students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general family & consumer sciences has to take a look at University of Wyoming. UW is a large public university located in the town of Laramie. This university ranks 1st out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wyoming.
There were about 28 general family & consumer sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW in the most recent data year. General Family & Consumer Sciences degree recipients from University of Wyoming earn a boost of about $2,798 above the average income of general family & consumer sciences majors.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great choice for students interested in a degree in general family & consumer sciences. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. A Best Colleges rank of #156 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 general family & consumer sciences students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available.
One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, General Family & Consumer Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).